The Damnation of John Donellan: A mysterious case of death and scandal

The Damnation of John Donellan: A mysterious case of death and scandal

by Elizabeth Cooke

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In August 1780 Sir Theodosius Boughton, a dissolute Old Etonian twenty-year-old and heir to a Warwickshire fortune, died in painful convulsions after taking his medicine. The following year after an inquest and trial which became a cause celebre, his brother-in-law, Captain John 'Diamond' Donellan, Irish soldier of fortune and man about town, was hanged for his murder. The trial was a shambles. And was Donellan guilty?

Author: Elizabeth Cooke
Format: Paperback, 304 pages, 153mm x 234mm, 485 g
Published: 2011, Profile Books Ltd, United Kingdom
Genre: True Crime

Vendor: Secondhand Stock
SKU: 9781846684821-SECONDHAND
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In August 1780 Sir Theodosius Boughton, a dissolute Old Etonian twenty-year-old and heir to a Warwickshire fortune, died in painful convulsions after taking his medicine. The following year after an inquest and trial which became a cause celebre, his brother-in-law, Captain John 'Diamond' Donellan, Irish soldier of fortune and man about town, was hanged for his murder. The trial was a shambles. And was Donellan guilty?